Badar Durrez Ahmed, J.

( 1 ). The petitioner is a medium class manufacturer of white writing, printing and newsprint paper. The petitioner seeks inclusion in Schedule I of the newsprint Control Order, 1962. The object of such inclusion is that on being so included in the said schedule, a manufacturer is entitled to excise exemption. Thus, inclusion in the said Schedule would give a manufacturer of newsprint a competitive edge and non-inclusion would result in making it difficult for the manufacturer to match up with those who enjoy the excise exemption.

( 2 ). In this writ petition the petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus ordering and directing the respondent to withdraw the fresh condition imposed in the letter dated 30. 5. 2001 and to register the petitioner in Schedule I of the Newsprint Control Order, 1962 based on the conditions first laid down in the letter dated 16. 1. 2001.

( 3 ). The facts are that by an application dated 20. 10. 2000, the petitioner applied for its inclusion in Schedule I of the Newsprint Control Order, 1962. In response thereto, by a letter dated 16. 1. 2001 the respondent required the petitioner to submit, inter alia a test report in original fr

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